Free Women’s Movement co-chair Ayse Gokkan
TURKEY was accused of waging “war against women” after Free Women’s Movement (TJA) co-chair Ayse Gokkan was arrested in a police raid today in the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.
The reasons for Ms Gokkan’s detention were unclear, but media reports suggested that it was in connection with investigations opened by the Mardin prosecutor’s office.
The former mayor of Nusaybin was also held earlier this year as part of wider Turkish state attacks on the Kurdish women’s movement, in which scores of organisations were shut down and 54 arrests made.
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